COIN. (See Counterfeiting.)..
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COIN money. No State shall coin money
COIN. No State shall make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts... COLLECT duties. Congress shall have power to lay and collect duties, taxes, imposts, and ex-
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the United States.
COMMERCE. Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among
the several States, and with the Indian tribes.. COMMERCE. No preference shall be given by any regulations of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels, bound to or from one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another..
COMMISSIONS. The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session..
COMMISSIONS. The President shall commission all the officers of the United States COMMON defence, &c. The Constitution established to provide for the common defence, &c.. COMMON defence. Congress shall have power to provide for the common defence... COMMON law. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved: and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law
COMPACT. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or com- pact with another State or a foreign power. COMPEL the attendance of absent members. A smaller number than a quorum of each House may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.
COMPENSATION. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services to be ascertained by law and paid out of the Treasury of the United States..... COMPENSATION of the President of the United States. The President shall, at stated times,
CONGRESS United States. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in Congress.. CONGRESS United States shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.. CONGRESS, members of. (See Senators.) (See Representatives.)
CONGRESS shall by law direct the manner in which the census or enumeration of the people shall be made...
CONGRESS. The first Congress to consist of 65 members from the several States, as mentioned herein. (See Representatives.)
CONGRESS. The time, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may,
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Senators at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing
CONGRESS shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day CONGRESS of the United States:-
Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the House may provide attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each
Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.. Each House shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either House, on any question, shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the Journal...
Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting....
All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose, or concur with, amendments, as on other bills.. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he ap- prove, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it, with his objections, to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall become a law.. But, in all such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays,
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water......
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To raise and support armies: but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a
longer term than two years..
To provide and maintain a navy.
To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insur- rections, and repel invasions..
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States, respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress...
To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Con- gress, become the seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings; and..
To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the Govern- ment of the United States, or in any department or office thereof..
CONGRESS. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each
CONGRESS. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State.. CONGRESS. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws: and the nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or
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